Poap Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Poap Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poap Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Poap Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Poap Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Poap (Russian: Поап) is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Poap.

How Common Is The Last Name Poap? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Poap occurs mostly in Oceania, where 86 percent of Poap live; 86 percent live in Oceania Islands and 86 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 429,143. In Papua New Guinea Poap is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Poap Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Poap has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Poap surname grew 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poaps89124/
Phoap8923/
Poape892/
Poaip891/
Pohap891/
Poa861,653/
Poiyap802/
Phuoap801/
Phoapt801/
Poha751,249/
Phoa751,081/
Poad75842/
Poat75563/
Paoa75416/
Poua75376/
Poea75364/
Poas75351/
Poai75301/
Poah75157/
Poay7560/
Pooa7516/
Poau7512/
Po'a759/
Paop757/
Poľa754/
Poșa753/
Pgoa753/
Poav752/
Poaz751/
Bpoa751/
Poaj751/
Ppoa751/
Pfoa751/
Poab750/
Poiya67691/
Pouoa67330/
Poast67284/
Poach67193/
Pojja67145/
Poats67135/
Pogia6774/
Poyia6774/
Poaha6765/
Phoea6765/
Pohai6758/
Pouop6757/
Poyya6734/
Pohau6732/
Phoha6732/
Poaad6732/
Pouai6731/
Pouad6725/
Pohoa6722/
Ppoha6716/
Phoat6715/
Po'ad6714/
Phoas6713/
Pooad6712/
Pouat679/
Pouah678/
Pohga678/
Phooa677/
Po'at676/
Puiop676/
Poauh676/
Pohha676/
Pohapova675/
Paoha674/
Pohay673/
Phoua673/
Poadh673/
Phaop673/
Pojya673/
Poatt672/
Pohop672/
Bpoua671/
Pooas671/
Pooaj671/
Paope671/
Pohab671/
Po'ea671/
Poaih671/
Poash671/
Pojha671/
Phoay671/
Pohaj671/
Pahop671/
Puooa671/
Poaud671/
Poaut671/
Poaat671/
Phoah671/

Poap Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Poap in the Russian language
Поапpoap-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Poap
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